The treatments used in oncology cause frequent cutaneous side effects. The different types of cutaneous toxicities depend on the class of anti-tumour therapies and can involve the skin, mucosa, nails and hair. Effectively managing these cutaneous toxicities requires adapted preventive and curative measures in order to reduce their impact, notably o...

The increased effectiveness of therapies and the changes to the treatment pathways of chronic patients have given rise to new needs for these patients. They require new types of programmes, including training. They show that these patients can produce knowledge and acquire skills which can be useful for the wider community and can be transferred ou...

Despite an ethical and legal obligation, the information given to patients in the event of a care-related injury is still often poor. It is expected by patients but the situation is difficult for health professionals. In order to be beneficial for all parties, it requires professionals to have a certain amount of expertise and people skills to enab...

With regards to the health professionals-patients relationships, this Statute marked a transition from a system to another : from the "knowing" professional one to the patient-actor one. The rights granted to patients are designed to given them the means to become such a player.

The information process may be conceived as an acte of care. Taking into account its' subjective aspects brings into play the notions of "expertise" and "transparency". The complexity of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation allow analyzing patients' information ethical and clinical issues.

The occurrence of a disease can sometimes be rather brutal. Care accompanies and takes charge of it, evolving with medicine and society. Human sciences have built the content of the care relationship, with the resulting risk of its instrumentalisation and the belief that patients can be considered within a generalised administration of their lives....

The evolution of the care relationship, which gives a growing place to the wishes of the patient, poses two sorts of questions to the teams on the clinical wards. How far should they go in order to respect these wishes when the patient's autonomy is diminished? Can the user's free choice be conceived as absolute, or must it be framed by collective ...

Seven years after the law of 2002 relating to patients' rights, the decree of 31st July 2009 introduced these rights into nurses' initial training. This has resulted in a few hours of theoretical training and tutorials based on the experience of the first internships. However, the training reference framework contains no mention of the active role ...

Specific training adapted to the needs of caregivers in intensive care enables professional competence and quality of care to be developed in continuous renal replacement therapy. In addition, it contributes to reducing the stress felt by caregivers and the costs of this technique.